Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil News

Sao Paulo's stop-and-go traffic costs Luiz Fernando Lucas more than time when he drives into South America's biggest city on business.

“It was definitely a lion - it had a mane and a tufted tail”

Brazilian environmental authorities said on Wednesday that they had found tracks belonging to an adult African lion in the rainforests of the southeast Brazilian state of Sao Paolo. via RIA Novosti

SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO, Brazil, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rodobens Negocios Imobiliarios S.A. announces that it has already launched R$191 million of new potential sales value in 2008, or 30% of the ... via Earth Times

SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO, Brazil, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rodobens Negocios Imobiliarios S.A. announces the launching of the TERRA NOVA CASCAVEL I gated community of single-family homes, in the city of ... via Earth Times

SAO PAULO, Brazil : A former country singer who built what is billed as Latin America's biggest theme park died Friday while undergoing heart surgery. via International Herald Tribune

SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO, Brazil, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rodobens Negocios Imobiliarios S.A. announces the launching of the 1st phase of the gated community of single-family homes TERRA NOVA ... via Earth Times

TAM will begin operating its new domestic air network on December 21, in compliance with rulings by the Brazilian civil aviation agencies . via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Note: Shannon O'Rourke is a local high school student on an exchange program in Brazil. via Vail Daily

ST. PAUL, Minn - 3M announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Abzil Industria e Comercio Ltda., an orthodontic products maker based in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil. via Manufacturing.net